Tissue Engineering and Applications
Tissue engineering is an interdisciplinary field that utilizes principles from engineering, biology, and medicine to create or regenerate tissues and organs that can replace or repair damaged or diseased tissues in the human body. The process of tissue engineering involves combining living cells, biomaterials, and bioactive molecules to design functional tissues or organs outside the body, which can then be implanted into the patient.
Applications of tissue engineering include the creation of skin, bone, cartilage, blood vessels, and even organs such as the liver, kidney, and heart. Tissue engineering can be used to repair damaged tissues caused by injury or disease, and it can also be used to replace organs that have failed due to genetic defects or age-related degeneration.